New Delhi, April 14 (IANS): The third round of national deworming here is scheduled on April 16, a Delhi government statement said on Monday.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisoddia will flag off the programme on April 15 at Government Co-education Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in New Multan Nagar.
Directorate of health services will administer deworming for 3.7 million children at 3,032 schools in Delhi in this round, it said.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda has declared February 10 as the National Deworming Day.
National Deworming Day is an initiative aimed at reducing threat of parasitic worm infections.